161 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn · Fort Greene, NY 11238
161 Lafayette Avenue is a 9-apartment building in Fort Greene, built in 1930, managed by Brooklyn Property Managers. The City has 27 open housing-code violations on file for it — about 3.0 per apartment, in a neighborhood where most buildings have none on record (HPD, as of 27 August 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet — everything above comes from the City's own records.
Managed by Brooklyn Property Managers
No tenant reviews yet
The City’s record below shows what inspectors found. It can’t tell anyone whether the heat actually works, how long the super takes, or whether management picks up the phone. Only someone who lived here can.
- Units
- 9
- Year built
- 1930
- Neighborhood
- Fort Greene
- Borough
- Brooklyn
This building’s record with the City
Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.
0tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year
27open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 3.0 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 0
- Hazardous
- 27
- Non-hazardous
- 0
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings10
- Smoke and CO alarms5
- Other repairs3
- Doors, windows and locks2
- Electrical2
- Leaks, damp or mould2
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Aug 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 161 Lafayette Avenue yet.
Does the heat hold in January? How long does the super take? Does management answer the phone, and were you charged what you expected? No public record answers any of that — only someone who lived here can.
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